Tuesday, 30th December 2025 is the 25th (sort of) Annual Between Christmas And New Year Pub Crawl and we have decided to make a rare foray out of Zone 1 to HACKNEY. Twenty Five years too late to actively gentrify it, perhaps we undo some of that damage with our – er – bunch of sensible millenials drinking halves and soft drinks in seven pubs.We start at The Dove, Broadway Market (they don’t even call themselves Hackney), flitter around the edge of London Fields and then drift up Mare Street past the best panto in town to end up in Hackney Downs at The Pembury. On the way, perhaps a brewery tap and a couple of garoulous old school boozers. And some of them are bound to be closed so also some dodgy replacements picked on the fly.The route is as follows (and on the map)
3pm: The Dove (Broadway Market)
4pm Saint Monday (Warburton Road)
5pm Pub On The Park (Martello Street)
5:45pm The Heart Of Hackney (Mare St)
6:30pm The Old Ship (Mare St)
7:15pm The Cock (Mare St)
8pm: The Pembury Tavern (Amhurst Rd)
Timings are approximate, but there will usually be some of us in the pubs at the advertised times. Bring your friends, and alcoholic drinks are optional (the pubs like it if you buy something…)